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...year, the Faculty worked unhindered, Faust said, as she recited the many achievements made by members of the Faculty in the past year. “I’m sure some of you are sitting here right now, thinking, ‘Well, she didn’t mention my thing,’” Faust said when she concluded the list. “I apologize. Tell me about it. I’ll mention it next year.” THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT During the question-and-answer session, Kirkland House Master Tom Conley...
...mention in the book, these projects were, by and large, doomed from the start. Many of these projects were inspired by the feeling, Wait, language doesn't have to be the way it is. Why does it need irregular verbs? Why can't it be more logical? Why do we need synonyms and all these exceptions that just confuse people who are trying to learn another language? I know! I could sit down and try to make it perfect! And that sort of presupposes that you know how language works. Language really isn't about information transmission. You speak...
...mention in your book how these language inventors and the followers of these languages are often viewed as eccentrics and how you became both embarrassed and defensive about being associated with them. If you decide to get into Esperanto, that means you're not listening to all the people who say, "Why not learn a real language?" or "Isn't that the crazy utopian-cult thing?" So there's an element of eccentricity in that, but also an element of toughness. You can stand up to the judgment and negative reactions and do it anyway. There's something admirable...
Concern about the muddiness of Benedict's message first surfaced when he visited Auschwitz in 2006. Those attending the event were moved by his obvious emotion at the former death camp. But his address that day was marked by some highly peculiar ellipses. He failed to mention anti-Semitism, instead contending that "ultimately" the Nazis' motive in killing Jews was to "tear up the taproot of the Christian faith." And although he claimed to speak as a "son of the German people," Benedict seemed to downplay any ordinary-German implication in the Holocaust. Instead, he placed blame on a "ring...
...Texas Tantrum," Nancy Gibbs failed to mention that for 10 years Texas was a country--which successfully fought for independence from Mexico in 1836--before choosing to join the U.S. Do not compare Texas to Vermont, Hawaii and California. Mike Gallagher, HOUSTON...